Youths, under the aegis of Kibaku Youth Association of Nigeria, KYAN, yesterday in Lagos, stormed the office of Governor Babatunde…
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Parents and elders of Chibok community in Borno State whose abducted daughters are still being held by Islamist sect Boko…
The Federal Government, yesterday, linked the Boko Haram insurgency to the 2015 presidential election, saying that this was because people…
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye apologised Tuesday for her government’s failure to prevent a ferry disaster that left some 300 people dead or missing. Two days after her prime minister resigned over the tragedy, Park voiced profound regret at the…
Britain’s High Court will on Tuesday hold a pre-trial hearing ahead of a court case due to be held next year brought by around 15,000 members of Nigeria’s Bodo community against oil giant Shell. The residents are seeking compensation from the British…
28 April 2014 – Honduras must immediately adopt measures to effectively protect children, without discrimination, from all forms of violence,…
BERN, Switzerland, April 28, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Today, Switzerland and the European Union have signed an agreement on…
THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is on the right path in the exercise of its mandate, with its findings…
Ekiti State University( EKSU) is set to establish a new Institute of Medical Technology in its Ifaki-Ekiti Campus. Medical Technology…
Clashes between rival tribes in Nasarawa State have left at least 34 people dead with homes and barns torched in…
Nigeria’s military said it has tracked down and surrounded the location, where over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted two weeks…
Nigerians on Monday commended the Federal Government for setting up a committee to resolve the Higher National Diploma (HND) and…
President Goodluck Jonathan has pledged to collaborate with the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) in seeking divine guidance to govern the…
Contrary to widely held belief that cholesterol is bad for the body, a veterinarian, Dr Mari Dawuda, said in Jos…
The furor surrounding comments attributed to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has again cast an unfavorable light on racism in American sport. Sixty-seven years after Jackie Robinson famously broke baseball’s “color line” when he went to bat…
A severe storm system threatened tens of millions of people in Mississippi and the US Southeast on Monday, a day after tornadoes killed 17, ripped up homes and flipped cars over in nearby states. A tornado swept through the northern city of Tupelo around…
The World Health Organization announced on Monday that it had convened emergency talks amid rising concern over polio after cases were discovered in Afghanistan, Iraq and Equatorial Guinea. The UN health agency said that following several days of closed…
Wary sponsors dropped their support for the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday as pressure mounted over racist remarks allegedly made by the NBA team’s owner, increasingly embattled Donald Sterling. The National Basketball Association said it would make…
About 100 Venezuelan students chained themselves Monday to the front gate of a UN agency’s Caracas office, calling for an end to a new high court ruling requiring government approval for protests. Shouting defiantly “so where is the damn law that bars…
First couple of hip hop Beyonce and Jay-Z are joining forces for a North American tour that will see the husband-wife team stop in 16 cities, they announced Monday. The “On the Run” tour, which begins June 25 in Miami and ends August 5 in San Francisco…